Wardrobe-hanger device.



, G. H. WHEARY.

WARDROBE HANGER DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8'. 19:4.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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WARDROBE-HANGER DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed June 8, 1914. Serial No. 843,689.

To all whom 2'23 may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. lVnEAnY, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe- Hanger Devices,of which the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wardrobe hanger devices.

In dwelling houses or other places of abode the wardrobe closets areusually provided with ordinary clothes hooks which are fastened to theside walls of the rooms. Garments, mounted on hangers provided withcentral hooks are usually supported from the clothes hooks and as theclothes hooks are placed comparatively close together the garments onthe hooks necessarily overlap one another and it is impossible to removesome of the garments without first removing the hangers positioned infront of the garments it is desired to remove. A further objectionablefeature of the ordinary closet arrangement for supporting clothes isthat while the closet is comparatively large with relation to the numberof garments usually supported therein, the space is not used to the bestadvantage and consequently is wasted.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome the beforementioned objectionable feature and provide a wardrobe hanger devicewhich may be secured to one of the side walls or to the inner side ofthe door of a closet and which is adapted to support, comparatively, alarge number of garment hangers in such a manner as to permit theconvenient removal of any garment from its hanger without removing anyof the other hangers or garments supported thereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe hanger devicewhich may be easily removed or replaced in position and which occupiesbut a -minimum amount of space when in use. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger devicewhich is adapted to support garment hangers thereon of the double hooktype now in use in wardrobe trunks of the better class whereby garmenthangers may be interchangeably used in a trunk or in connection with theimproved hanger device.

A further object of the'invention is to providea wardrobe hanger devicein which the garment hanger tracks thereof are provided with extensibleends which while normally in a closed garment holdingposition may beswung to positions in longitudinal alinement with the hanger tracks topermit garment hangers. mounted thereon to be moved outwardly upon theextensible ends to positions of easy accessibility.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a wardrobe hangerdevicewhich is of simple construction, is strong and durable and is welladapted for the purpose described.

l/Vith the above and other object in view, the invention consists of theimprovedwardrobe hanger device and its parts and com binations as setforth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in allof the views:

Figure 1 is a top view of the improved wardrobe hanger device shownattached to a wall or other support and having garment hangers mountedthereon;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;and,

Fig. 3 is a detail view, of a part of the device.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 indicates a wall of a closet orother support to which the improved wardrobe hanger device 6 isconnected. The device comprises a rectangular U-shaped metal stripmember 7 having extensions 8 hinged to the outer ends of the side ortrack portions 9 of the device. The hinge connections at the outer endsof the track portions 9 are provided with stop portions 11 which serveto limit the outward swing of the extensions to longitudinal alinementwith their respective track portions;

The rear or securing portion 12 of the U-shaped member is provided withattaching notches or recesses 13'which are engaged by the annularrecessed portions 14 of the heads of the holding screws 15. The annularrecesses 14: of the screws are of a size to snugly fit the recessedportions of the rear 0r securing portion of the device and securely andremovably fasten the device to the wall. The screws are provided withpro jecting portions 16 for convenience in turning the screws into thesupport.

Garment hangers 17, having hooked ends 18 which extend over the tracks,are adapted to be used in connection with the device.

The outer end portions of'the extensible tracks are provided withupstanding stop pins 19 which are adapted to prevent the garment hangersfrom accidentally sliding off the outer ends of the extensible tracks.

In use garments are draped over the hangers and the hangers are slidablymounted on the track portions of the device and the extensible trackends are swung inwardly to closed position. In this position the hangerswill be held by the extensible ends in position on the tracks. If it isnow desired to remove or replace any ofthe garments the extensibletracks may be swung outwardly and some of the hangers slid thereon toprovide more space between the garments. The hanger, supporting theparticular garment it is desired to remove, may

then be easily tilted upward and removed,

from the tracks and the garment removed therefrom.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the wardrobe hangerdevice is of simpleconstruction and is well adapted to support a largenumber of garments in, comparatively, a small space.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A wardrobe hanger device, comprising a one piece rigid U-shapedmember formed of a flat strip metal, the side arms of said memberforming parallel track portions for supporting the opposite ends ofgarment hangers thereon and the rear part of said member forming a rearattaching portion provided with elongated edge recesses, and meanshaving recessed portions which are engaged by the recessed portions ofthe U- shaped member for freely removably connecting the said member toa support in spaced relation.

2. A wardrobe hanger device, comprising a 'U-shaped member havingparallel track portions for supporting the opposite ends of garmenthangers thereon and also having a rear attaching portion provided Withelongated recesses, foldable extension tracks hinged to the outer endsof the parallel track portions, and means having recessed portions whichare engaged by the recessed portions of the U-shaped member for freelyremovably connecting the said member to a support in spaced relation.

3. A wardrobe hanger device, comprising a one piece rigid U-shapedmember formed of flat strip metal, the side arms of said member formingparallel track portions for supporting the opposite ends of garmenthangers thereon and the rear part of said member forming a rearattaching portion provided with elongated edge recesses, and threadedmembers having annularly recessed portions which are engaged by therecessed portions of the U-shaped member for freely removably connectingthe said member to a support in spaced relation.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY.

l Vitnesses ANNA M. NELSON, GEORGE BnNNIsI-I.

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